The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-04-22

i'o''oi vi. iutbie GEN. w. ii. l.. WALLACE.
with the Second, Seventh, Twelfth and
Fourteenth Iowa regiments on his right,
and Col Sweeney with the Eighth Iowa,
Seventh. Fiftieth, Fifty-second. Fifty
seventh and Fifty-eighth Illinois regiments
on the right of Col Tuttle. Sweeney's
right reached the edge OF. wide, deep
ravine filled with impenetrablc thickets
extending far to his rear and running into
the ravine OF Brier creek. Such was the place
that became famous among the Confederates
as THE Hornets Nest"
The first assault made was by Gladden's
brigade; and now begin q series of some of
the most desperate engagements of tho battle.
Con. GLADDEN. having been mortally wounded
IL the charge of the early morning, tho COM
mand devolved on Col Adams. The line is
barely formed at 10 O'Clock, when the southern
men are seen confidently advancing through
tho dense thickets against the unseen foe.
They are permitted to come well within range,
when suddenly there flashes from 5000 rifles
q blaze or fire. The deep notes of HicEen-
looper's guns mingle with the treble of the
small arms that echoes through the forest, and
the gray canopy of smoke that rests above the
scene tells where death is being scattered on
every side. The well known "reDel yell"
rings out as the column presses forward and
the ground is dotted with the wounded and
dead. But the leaden storm beats in their faces
with fierceness that nothing human can with
stand, and the crippled brigade recoils TO the
cover of the woods Gen. "A. r. Stewards COM
mand OF Folks corps is now sent forward,
and once, twice, thrice, it repeats the grand
effort to carry the position, but with no bet
ter success than before. Gen. Gibson's
brigade of Bragg's corps surges in and takes
its place. Again that hurricane of lead. The
angry balls fly in showers and seem 90 bear
q death warrant in every devilish screech.
An enfilading fire from the battery cuts down
the men by ranks, like swaths of grass under
the mowers scythe, and vet others continue
TO step into the path of death with cheerful
alacrity, it seems, and fall with battle cry
upon their lips. Three times has Gibson
charged, and three times been repulsed Gen.
Bragg now impatiently directs one of his
staff, Col. .Lockett, his chief engineer, to ride
forward TO n central regiment that has been
driven back, and carry its colors to the
front "The flag must not go back again."
he said. The officer. obeying the order,
dashes through the limo of battle, seizes
the colors from the color bearer, and exclaims:
Gen. Bragg says these colors must not go
to the rear" While he is talking the color
sergeant is shot down An officer approaches
with n bullet hole in each check, the blood
streaming from his mouth, and asks: "What
arc you doing with my colors, sirp "I'm
obeying Gen. Bragg's orders to hold them
where they are" "Let me have them" was
the reply; 'if any man carries these colors
but the color bearer, / am the man. Tell
Gen. Bragg that will see that these colors
this position in flank; we can never carry it
alone from the front" The officer who spoke
commanded the Fourth Louisiana, and in
stantly riding back to Gen. Bragg to empha-
size the previous request made for artillery
by Gen. Gibson, he was met with the stern
answer: "Col. Allen, l want no faltering
nowp Stung to the quick, he returned to his
regiment, and once more there was wild,
hurrying wave of men rolling up that fatal
slope only to be dashed to death. 1t was
splendid murder! Col Allen afterward be-
came Governor Allen, of Louisiana. Such
were the kind of men whom Prentiss and
Wallace fought ON that eventful day from
in the morning until o'clock in the after
noon before one was captured and the other
killed.
Finding that the position could not be car
ried by direct assault, Bragg now determined
on combined flank movement. First all
the guns within reach were brought up and
concentrated on the one little battery, stand
ing at the salient point where Prentiss and
Wallace joined, that had reaped such q
harvest among the lines of the enemy. Be
fore this terrible fire, Hickenlooper was COM
PEELED to withdraw. BY 4:30 O'Clock fight
ing in front of Sherman and McClernand
having ceased, Gems. Cheatham, Trabue,
johnson and Russell, seeing that Wallace
could not be approached across tho dense
thcket filling the great ravine which pro-
tected his right, felt their way to the plateau
in his rear, where they met the combined
forces under Bragg in front of Hurlbut's
camp. Moving thus against the remnants of
the two divisions, they inclosed them almost
in a circle; struggle ensued, but further re-
sistance was useless. and the brave Wallace
was mcr;ally wounded. The Second and
Seventh Iowa, led by Col. Tuttle, now cut
their way out and reached Pittsburg Land
ing, but Prentiss, true to his orders from
Gen. Grant, firmly remained at his post, and
shaving lost everything but honor, sur
rendered his little band. It comprised 1900
men. And so ended the famous fight in the
hornets nest"